Broiler



March 25, 1930.

c. M. DnaBLl-.II

BROILER Filed Sept. 26, 1927 i 2 sheet-sneet 1 March 25, 1930. c. M. DIBBLE A 1,751,726

BROILER Filed Sept. 26, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Mar. 25, 1.930

UNITED sfrfrlazs PATENn l.OFFICE oLAUnn Il. nIBLIt, Oir- JOLIET, ILLINOIS, AssIc'Noa fro MOORE Baomnnns comm,

or JOLInI, ILLINOIs, A coaronArIoN 'or ILLINOIS BnoILnn Application led September 26; 1927. Serial No. 222,038.

This invention relates in general to a cooking tray or broiler for cook stoves and to the provision of'a simple grid and drip pan con-v struction in which the grid is not entirely i 5. supported by the drip pan.

An important object of the invention is the provision of slots in the drip pan lthrough which supports for the grid extend Independently to engage the bottom of the broiler tray. .10 Another important object of the invention is the provision of a drip pan with a basting opening and cover and with a corresponding recess in the grid, making is unnecessary' to raise either thegrid or .the drip pan in with- Is drawing liquid from the broiler tray or for basting purposes.

Numerous other objects and advanta es lof the invention will be a parent as it is etter understood from the ollowing description, a which, takenin connection with A the accomanying drawings,ediscloses a preferred em.- Eodiment thereof.

In the drawings: l l Figure 1 isa lan view of a broiling tray 2l with a grid an a drip tray. therein constructed 1n accordance with the principles of this invention; s Fig. 2 is a cross-'section taken on the llne 2-42 ofFig. 1;

so Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the drip pan showin the basting opening; and y ig. 5 is a perspective of the cover for the 35 basting opening.

In a broiler for a cook stove 1t is customary to provide a tray slidable in the broiling compartment and to have in. the tray either a t grid or a drip pan, or both, so that the 4 grease and other liquid which drips from the meat will be caught in the bottom of the tray.` It is frequently desirable to baste the meat or other material being cooked with the liquid in the bottom of the tra-y and if this 5 meat is resting upon the grid or drip pan the must be raised with the meat in order to have -access to the liquid in the broiler trait:il e present inventionovercomes this by 5 providing a grid with a recessed corner and example as a fork, to raise the cover from 100 a drip pan with an aperture corresponding to the recess in the grid, so that liquid in the rtray below the drip panv may be removed through the opening in the pan and used'for basting,orv entirely withdrawn, withoutrais ing leitherthe grid and the pan or the mea supported'thereby in so doing.'`

Referring more particularly to the drawings: the numeral designates a broiler tray with a depressed bottom'll having side flanges 12 connected with'. the bottom by sides 13 -whichincline inwardly andv downwardly toward they ottom 11.

A. drip-pan 14 preferably. formed of sheet 'metal has a depending flange 15 also inclined inwardly and downwardly toward the bottoni 11 of the tray, but at a somewhat steeper angle than the tray sides 13, permitting the flange'l to rest on the tray bottom andvyet providing suicient clearance between the tray sides and the drip pan flange to allow easy lifting of the drip pan out of the tray.

The top drip surface of the pan inclines from each of the four side edges toward the central opening 16 so that the drippings caught on the pan will flow down the inclined surfaces'thereof and pass On to the tray bottom through the central opening 16. This construction protects thedrippings from the meat from being overheated by theviiame above the broiler, prevents them from catching re, or smolng,'and burning the meat or the gravy. At one corner 4of the pan is a basting aperture 17 formed'by simply cutting out a portion of the top of the pan but leaving the iiange intact at the corner thereof. The pan is alsoprovided with a plural. ity of rectangular slots or Openings 18 through which maybe inserted `the hereinafter described supporting means for the grid 24.

' In order to close the basting aperture 17 a cover- 20 is provided slightly larger than the opening Vwitha dependingtiiange 21 on two sides conforming to the flange 15 at the corner of the pan Maud with an inclined surface22 conforming to the'inclination of the upper surface of the drip pan. In this cover are a number of small holes 23 for the insertion. of a pointed instrument, such for the pan without burning the hands. The edges of the cover are adapted to overlap the corresponding edges of the pan.`

Disposed' on top of the drip pan 14 1s a grid 24 comprising a marginal member or wire 25 and a number of spaced metal bars 26 parallel to each other and to opposlte sides. of the margin wire 25'. One corner 27 of the margin wire is turned inwardly to 1 uncover a space at the corner of the drip pan slightly larger than the basting opening 17 therein, so that the cover 20 may be applied freely thereto without engaging the margin wire or the grid 24. The margin l wire is of a suitable size to rest upon the outermost edge of the drip pan directly over the su porting fiange thereof except the inturneci) corner 27 which is not thus supported. The cross bars 26 are secured to the ,o margin wire at the ends by soldering or welding and intermediate their ends .some of these bars are formed with U-shaped projections 28 which extend through the slots 18 in the drip pan below. These projections are s rounded at the bottom and are of such a height that they engage the bottom of the broilingtray and form an additional support for the grid itself independent of the drip pan 14, so that no severe strain is placed a0 upon the pan, particularly upon the interior dripping surface.

In the cooking operation, dri pings from meat on the grid pass freely t erethrough andl in contact with the drip surface of the pan 14, whereupon the drippings will ow down the inclined upper surfaces into the opening 16 at the center and into the broiling tray below. The opening 16 is spaced from the bottom of the tray y11, so that there is no danger of it becoming clogged unless the tray becomes too full. To remove the liquid from the broiling tray, )the bastin cover is simply lifted and the liquid is la led therefrom as desired.

It is thought that this invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that many changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the dparts without departing from the spirit an scope of the invention or sacrifcin all of its material advantages, the form ereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. In a broiler, a tray, a drip pan resting upon the tray and havin openings therethrough, and a grid above t e an and having rojections through the opemngs of the pan or supporting it from the tray.

A2. In a broiler, a tray, a drip pan supported 1n the trayV at a distance above the bottom thereof, and a grid disposed above the drip pan and having projections from the bottom 65 thereof adapted to extend through the pan and independently support the grid from the bottom of the tray.

3. In a broiler, a carrying tray, a drip pan having a depending marginal flange for supporting it in the bottom of the tray and elongated openings through the pan, and a grid comprising a marginal member and cross bars connected to the marginal member, said cross bars having projections formed out of the material of the bars and extending downwardly from theunder side of the grid, the projections being inserted through the openings to support the grid from the bottom of the tray.

4. In a broiler, a drip pan, and a grid adapted to be placed thereover, the drip pan having a basting opening adjacent one edge thereof, and the grid having a recessed portion which does not extend over the bastmg opening in the drip pan, thereby allowing free access to the opening.

5. In a broiler, a drip pan and a grid therefor, the pan having a basting opening adjacent one edge, and the grid having an inwardly turned portion which leaves the basting opening uncovered, and a removable cover for the basting opening.

6. In a broiler, a supporting tray with a depressed interior portion, a drip pan having a depending flange resting upon the bottom of said portion and having also an interior drip openin the drip pan also being provided with a asting opening adjacent the edge thereof, and a grid disposed above the drip pan having an inwardly turned portion which does not extend over the basting opening, and a removable cover for the bastl lng opening.

7. In a broiler, the combination with a tray having a central depression. of a drip pan tting therein, having a depending outer flange which rests about the edge of the depressed portion of the tray, and with a dripping opening and upper surfaces inclined thereto, a marginal portion of the pan being formed with a basting opening and other openings through the inclined surfaces of the pan, a grid comprising a marginal member turned inwardly at one portion thereof to avoid the basting opening and cross bars attached to the marginal member and having projections extendlng through the said other openings of the pan and restin upon the bottom of the tray, and a removab e cover for the basting opening which is unobstructed by the grid on top of the pan.

8. In a broiler, a tray having a depressed central part, a drip pan supported above the depressed portion of said tray and said drip pan havin a basting opening at its side to facilitate t evremoval of juices of broiling for basting.

9. A broiler, comprising a tray, a drip pan having a depending flanged edge upon which 1t 1s supported in the bottom of the tray, a

grid resting about the edge of the pan, and means independent of the dri pan for supporting a grid on the bottom o the tray.

10. In a broiler,` the combination of a tray, a drip pan supported on said tray, and a grid resting on the edge of the drip pan, said grid comprising a marginal member with cross pieces connected at the ends to said marginal member, and projections from the cross pleces extending downwardly to support the grid independently of the drip pan at a distance above the bottom of the tray.

11. In a broiler, a supported tray having side flanges and a depressed central portion Y joined thereto by inclined sides, a drip pan having a flanged margin upon which it is supported on the tray, a central portion of the pan having a drip opening spaced from the bottom of the tray with inclined surfaces leading thereto, a grid havin a marginal member restingbupon the margln of the drip pan and cross ars secured at their ends to opposite sides of the marginal member, some of the cross bars havin U-shaped extensions adapted to rest on the ottom of the tray for supportin the grid on the tray independently of the rip pan.

12. The combination with a tray having an interior depression, of a combined grid and drip pan formed of a sheet metal stamping and having a depending marginal flange fitting within the depression of the tray, one edge of the pan having a basting recess adjacent the flange and a cover for the basting recess having a retaining flange fitting between the ange of the pan and the adjacent edge of the depression of the tray.

CLAUDE M. DIBBLE. 

